WEBVTT OFFICIALS -- A PERSON INFECTED WITH THE MEASLES TRAVELED BY BUS ... FIRST BY GREYHOUND FRO NEW YORK TO BOSTON’S SOUTH STATION ON TUESDAY - THEN TAKING THE 10PM BOSTON EXPRESS TO MANCHESTER - MAKING STOPS IN TYNGSBORO AND NASHUA ALONG THE WAY. DR CHAN PHONER :56-1:10 THE CONCERNING THING ABOUT THIS SITUATION IS THAT THIS PERSON TRAVELED ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION DURING A TIME WHEN THEY WERE INFECTIOUS WITH THE MEASLES VIRUS MEANING THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO TRANSMIT IT TO OTHER INDIVIDUALS. MEASLES IS SPREAD THROUGH THE AIR . STATE EPIDEMIOLOGIST DR. BENJAMIN CHAN SAYS IT CAN LINGER FOR TWO HOURS, SO ANYONE WHO IS NOT VACCINATED WHO WAS AT SOUTH STATION UNTIL ABOUT MIDNIGHT COULD ALSO BE AT RISK. DR CHAN PHONER 1:54-2:08 ANYBODY THAT HAS NOT BEEN VACCINATED IN THE PAST OR IS UNSURE IF THEY’VE BEEN VACCINATED OR ARE IMMUNE TO THE MEASLES VIRUS TO CONTACT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SO THAT WE CAN CONNECT PEOPLE APPROPRIATELY WITH CARE. DR. CHAN SAYS HE HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE BUS COMPANY . DR CHAN PHONER 4:15-4:22 ONCE THE PASSENGERS ON THIS BUS TRIP TUESDAY EVENING WERE DROPPED OFF, THE BUS WAS TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE AND IT WAS CLEANED. HE SAYS THE COMPANY PLANNED TO DO ANOTHER THOROUGH CLEANING ONCE THEY LEARNED ABOUT THE SITUATION. ANYONE POTENTIALL INFECTED WOULD NOT REALIZE IT RIGHT AWAY. DR CHAN PHONER 3:15-3:20 TOWARDS THE BEGINNING OR MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK PEOPLE COULD START SHOWING SYMPTOMS. SYMPTOMS INCLUDE HIGH FEVER, RUNNY NOSE, COUGH AND RED EYES FOLLOWED DAYS LATER BY A SKIN RASH. HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY AT THIS POINT, THEY HAVE NO CONCERNS ABOUT THIS INDIVIDUAL POTENTIALLY INFECTING ANYONE IN ANY OTHER AREA BESIDES SOUTH STATION, AND THAT BUS. TOM..

Health officials said an overseas traveler infected with measles took a bus from Boston's South Station to the Manchester Transportation Center this week.The traveler made the journey on Tuesday.>> Download the FREE WMUR appAnyone else who was on the same bus, Boston Express Line No. 5178, should consider themselves exposed to the virus, health officials said.>> Measles information from NH DHHSOfficials said the bus left Logan Airport at 9:25 p.m. with passengers on board and then picked up the infected traveler, among other people, at 10 p.m. at South Station.The bus then stops at 10:45 p.m. in Tyngsboro, Massachusetts, and at 11 p.m. in Nashua before coming to Manchester at 11:30 p.m.Officials also said anyone who was at South Station on Tuesday from 8:30 p.m. to midnight was potentially exposed to the virus."The concerning thing about this situation is that this person traveled on public transportation during a time when they were infectious with the measles virus, meaning that they were able to transmit it to other individuals," said Dr. Benjamin Chan, the state epidemiologist.Those who were potentially exposed are urged to review their vaccination or immunity status. Those who aren’t vaccinated or are unsure about their immunization status should call the Division of Public Health Services at 603-271-4496 or 603-271-5300. More than 99 percent of people who receive two doses of the measles vaccine develop immunity to the disease, officials said. Officials said measles is caused by a virus that is passed from person to person through the air when someone with the disease sneezes, coughs or talks. The virus, which is highly contagious for unvaccinated people, can remain infectious in the air for up to two hours after an infected person leaves the area, officials said. The incubation period for measles is typically two weeks.Symptoms include:-- High fever-- Cough-- Runny nose-- ConjunctivitisThese symptoms can appear several days before the development of a body rash, officials said.Anyone who feels sick should call their doctor before going directly to a health care facility.

MANCHESTER, N.H. —

Health officials said an overseas traveler infected with measles took a bus from Boston's South Station to the Manchester Transportation Center this week.

Officials said the bus left Logan Airport at 9:25 p.m. with passengers on board and then picked up the infected traveler, among other people, at 10 p.m. at South Station.

The bus then stops at 10:45 p.m. in Tyngsboro, Massachusetts, and at 11 p.m. in Nashua before coming to Manchester at 11:30 p.m.

Officials also said anyone who was at South Station on Tuesday from 8:30 p.m. to midnight was potentially exposed to the virus.

"The concerning thing about this situation is that this person traveled on public transportation during a time when they were infectious with the measles virus, meaning that they were able to transmit it to other individuals," said Dr. Benjamin Chan, the state epidemiologist.

Those who were potentially exposed are urged to review their vaccination or immunity status. Those who aren’t vaccinated or are unsure about their immunization status should call the Division of Public Health Services at 603-271-4496 or 603-271-5300.

More than 99 percent of people who receive two doses of the measles vaccine develop immunity to the disease, officials said.

Officials said measles is caused by a virus that is passed from person to person through the air when someone with the disease sneezes, coughs or talks.

The virus, which is highly contagious for unvaccinated people, can remain infectious in the air for up to two hours after an infected person leaves the area, officials said.

The incubation period for measles is typically two weeks.

Symptoms include:

-- High fever-- Cough-- Runny nose-- Conjunctivitis

These symptoms can appear several days before the development of a body rash, officials said.

Anyone who feels sick should call their doctor before going directly to a health care facility.